RESISTING WOMEN’S POLITICAL LEADERSHIP: THEORIES, DATA, SOLUTIONS
MONDAY, MAY 22, 2017
8.30-9.00: Breakfast
9.00-10.30: Welcome and Introductions
Women as Political Leaders: Snapshots of Violence, Resistance, and Backlash Mona Lena Krook, Rutgers University, [email protected]
10.30-11.00: Coffee/Tea Break
11.00-12.30: Diagnosing Resistance to Women’s Political Participation
Chair: Amber Maltbie, Nossaman LLP and Emerge California, [email protected]
Opposition to Women’s Increased Civic and Political Participation in Developing Countries Denise Walsh, University of Virginia, [email protected] Catalina Vallejo Pedraza, University of Virginia, [email protected]
There is No Gender in Gender Quotas: Reframing Women’s Inclusion in Government Kara Ellerby, University of Delaware, [email protected]
Addressing Violence Against Women in Politics: A Theory of Change Approach Kirsten Zeiter, National Democratic Institute, [email protected]
Women in Elections: Identifying Strategies to Promote Greater Electoral Competitiveness Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Organization of American States, [email protected]
Developing the Violence against Women in Elections Framework Jessica Huber, International Foundation for Electoral Systems, [email protected]
12.30-2.00: Lunch
Keynote: Women as Leaders: From Glass Ceilings to Labyrinths
Alice Eagly, Northwestern University, [email protected]
2.00-3.30: Theorizing Resistance and Violence against Women in Politics
Chair: Shauna Shames, Rutgers University-Camden, [email protected]
Gender and Violence against Politicians: Concepts, Controversies, and Explanations Sandra Håkansson, Uppsala University (Sweden), [email protected]
Identifying and Conceptualizing Resistance to Women’s Equal Presence in Cabinet Susan Franceschet, University of Calgary (Canada), [email protected] Brenda O’Neill, University of Calgary (Canada), [email protected] Melanee Thomas, University of Calgary (Canada), [email protected]
Sexual Violence against Women in Politics Rebecca Kuperberg, Rutgers University, [email protected]
Gendertrolling, Threats of Violence, and Resistance to Women in Politics Karla Mantilla, Feminist Studies, [email protected]
When Resistance Becomes Violent: A Research Agenda on Gender-Differentiated versus Gender- Motivated Political Violence Gabrielle Bardall, APSA Congressional Fellow, [email protected] Elin Bjarnegård, Uppsala University (Sweden), [email protected] Jennifer M. Piscopo, Occidental College, [email protected]
3.30-4.00: Coffee/Tea Break
4.00-5.30: The Center for American Women and Politics: Resisting Resistance since 1971
Ruth Mandel, CAWP Co-Founder, [email protected]
Kira Sanbonmatsu, CAWP Senior Scholar, [email protected]
Debbie Walsh, CAWP Director, [email protected]
6.00: Welcome Reception Sponsored by the Department of Political Science, Rutgers University
Celebrating 30 Years of the Women and Politics Ph.D. Program at Rutgers Eagleton Institute
TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2017
8.30-9.00: Breakfast
9.00-10.30: Informal Politics and Resistance to Female Candidates
Chair: Kira Sanbonmatsu, Rutgers University, [email protected]
Progress or Tokenism? Female Candidate Selection by Parties in Local Elections under an Informal Quota Regime Mary Brennan, University College Dublin (Ireland), [email protected]
Resisting Women’s Political Inclusion: An Analysis of the 2014 Uruguayan Gender Quota Cecilia Josefsson, Uppsala University (Sweden), [email protected]
Fast-Tracked or Boxed In? Informal Politics, Gender, and Women’s Representation in Russia and Iceland Janet Elise Johnson, Brooklyn College, [email protected]
Women, Money, and Politics: Political-Electoral Finance from a Gender Perspective Brenda Santamaría, Organization of American States, [email protected]
10.30-11.00: Coffee/Tea Break
11.00-12.30: Male Privilege and Dynamics of Political Recruitment
Chair: Sara Mía Noguera, Organization of American States, [email protected]
The Politics of the Pool: Candidate Recruitment by Political Parties in Canada Erin Tolley, University of Toronto (Canada), [email protected]
‘Disassembling the Old Brown Boys’ Club’: Local Ethnic Politics as Sites of Resistance and Opportunity for Women of Color Christabel Cruz, Rutgers University, [email protected]
The Masculine Roots of Ambition: The Indirect Relationship between Masculinity, Recruitment, Qualifications, and Progressive Political Ambition Sarah Oliver, Towson University, [email protected]
Undermining Quotas: Gendered Institutions, Gendered Actors Leah Culhane, University of Manchester (United Kingdom), [email protected]
12.30-2.00: Lunch
Keynote: Negotiating Institutional Resistance: Feminists in Residence, Male Allies, and the Good Parliament Report
Sarah Childs, University of Bristol (United Kingdom), [email protected]
2.00-3.30: Gendered Aggressions in Parliaments
Chair: Mary Hawkesworth, Rutgers University, [email protected]
Sexism, Violence, and Harassment against Women Parliamentarians Brigitte Filion, Gender Partnership Programme, Inter-Parliamentary Union, [email protected]
Gendered Institutional Change or More of the Same? Assessing Canada’s New Sexual Harassment Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament Cheryl N. Collier, University of Windsor (Canada), [email protected] Tracey Raney, Ryerson University (Canada), [email protected]
Manterrupting in Parliamentary Debates: Gendered Micro-Aggressions in the German Parliament Malliga Och, Idaho State University, [email protected] Quantifying ‘Manterruptions’ in the National Diet in Japan Kayo Onishi, Indiana University, [email protected]
3.30-4.00: Coffee/Tea Break
4.00-5.30: Mapping Negative Responses to Women’s Increased Leadership Opportunities
Chair: Suzie Abdou, Franklin Fellow, U.S. Dept. of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, [email protected]
‘It’s Not Charity, It’s a Chair of Power’: Moving Beyond Symbolic Representation in Afghanistan’s Transition Politics? Andrea Fleschenberg dos Ramos Pinéu, Quaid-i-Azam University (Pakistan), [email protected] [via Skype]
Is Two Too Many? The Consequences of Women Running for Office Concurrently David Andersen, Iowa State University, [email protected] Tessa Ditonto, Iowa State University, [email protected]
All the Single Ladies: Job Promotions and Durability of Marriage Johanna Rickne, Stockholm University (Sweden), [email protected] Olle Folke, Uppsala University (Sweden), [email protected]
The Gender Gap in Brazilian Politics: The Role of the Electoral Court Luciana de Oliveira Ramos, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (Brazil), [email protected]
6.00: Networking Dinner
Sahara Restaurant 165 Easton Ave, New Brunswick, NJ
WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2017
8.30-9.00: Breakfast
9.00-10.30: Male Power and Motives for Promoting Women’s Representation
Chair: Grace Lore, Equal Voice (Canada), [email protected]
Mass and Elite Support for Gender Quotas in Australia Katrine Beauregard, Australian National University (Australia), [email protected]
Gender Equality or Political Expediency? The Political Interests behind Gender Quotas in Niger, Senegal, and Morocco Christie Arendt, George Washington University, [email protected]
Why Are Gender Quota Laws Adopted by Men? The Role of Inter- and Intra-Party Competition Ana Catalano Weeks, Harvard University, [email protected]
The United Nations: Reducing the Effects of Gender Bias in Field Leadership Selection Amy Auton-Smith, New York University, [email protected]
10.30-11.00: Coffee/Tea Break
11.00-12.30: Gendered Roles and Barriers to Leadership Advancement
Chair: Ruth B. Mandel, Eagleton Institute of Politics, [email protected]
Gender and Power in German State Cabinets, 1990-2016 Isabel Köhler, Georg August University Göttingen (Germany), [email protected]
Who Leads What? Legislative Leadership and Intersections of Gender, Race, and Ethnicity Beth Reingold, Emory University, [email protected]
The Political Life Cycle and Gender-Related Legislation: Exploring Seniority and Policy Outcomes in the Argentine Legislature Noa Balf, University of Maryland, College Park, [email protected]
Man Enough for the Job? Women in Masculine Cabinet Portfolios Tiffany D. Barnes, University of Kentucky, [email protected] Diana Z. O’Brien, Indiana University, [email protected]
12.30-2.00: Lunch
Keynote: Heather McTeer Toney, former mayor of Greenville, Mississippi (2004-2012)
2.00-3.30: Tackling Violence against Women in Political Life: Insights from UN Women Sponsored by UN Women
Chair: Julie Ballington, UN Women, [email protected]
Elizabeth Salguero, UN Women, and former MP, Bolivia, [email protected]
Sara Negrao, Gender and Elections Specialist, UN Women, Tanzania, [email protected]
Dieudonne Luma Étienne, Senator, Haiti, [email protected]
Meriem Trabelsi, iKNOW Politics Facilitator and Acting Coordinator, [email protected]
3.30-4.00: Coffee/Tea Break
4.00-5.30: National Initiatives for Overcoming Resistance to Women’s Leadership
Chair: Debbie Walsh, Center for American Women and Politics, [email protected]
Julia Mouzon, Élues Locales (France), [email protected]
Nancy Peckford, Equal Voice (Canada), [email protected]
María del Carmen Alanís Figueroa, Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación (Mexico), [email protected]
Manira Alva, High Level Committee on the Status of Women (India), [email protected]
6.00: Networking Dinner
Rice Factory 268 Ryders Lane, Milltown, NJ
THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2017
8.30-9.00: Breakfast
9.00-10.30: Gender and ‘Qualified’ Candidates for Political Office
Chair: Ulrik Kjaer, University of Southern Denmark (Denmark), [email protected]
Shifting Standards: How Voters Evaluate the Qualifications of Female and Male Candidates Nichole Bauer, University of Alabama, [email protected]
Who is ‘Qualified’ to Run? Women’s Candidacy and Factional Politics in Iran Mona Tajali, Agnes Scott College, [email protected]
‘They Think They Are Doing You a Favor’: Persistent Resistance to More Women in Parliament in Africa Gretchen Bauer, University of Delaware, [email protected]
Who Decides Who is a Symbol? Elite and Media Contestation and the Symbolic Representation of Rousseff Pedro de Abreu Gomes dos Santos, Luther College, [email protected]
10.30-11.00: Coffee/Tea Break
11.00-12.30: Sexism and Misogyny in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
Chair: Susan Carroll, Rutgers University, [email protected]
#BloodyDifficultWoman and #CrookedHillary: Sexism, Social Media, and Women Running for Executive Office Madison Shumway, Idaho State University, [email protected]
#NeverHillary: An Analysis of Gender and Public Dialogue During the 2016 Presidential Election Caroline Heldman, Occidental College, [email protected] Meredith Conroy, California State University, San Bernardino, [email protected] Eric Vorst, University of Missouri-St. Louis, [email protected]
Playing the ‘Women’s Card’: Ambivalent Sexism in the 2016 Presidential Race Erin C. Cassese, West Virginia University, [email protected] Mirya R. Holman, Tulane University, [email protected]
Latinas’ Machismo: Reevaluating the Latino/a Gender Gap Ivy A. M. Cargile, California State University, Bakersfield, [email protected]
12.30-2.00: Lunch
Keynote: Reflecting on the Role of Gender in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, title TBC
Mini Timmaraju, Women’s Outreach and National Women’s Vote Director for the Hillary Clinton 2016 Presidential Campaign
2.00-3.30: Constraining Women’s Voices as Political Actors
Chair: Dara Z. Strolovitch, Princeton University, [email protected]
A Typology of Resistance: Forms of Naysaying Suzanne Dovi, University of Arizona, [email protected]
Constrained by Culture? The Impact of Republican Party Culture on Women’s Congressional Leadership Catherine Wineinger, Rutgers University, [email protected]
‘Where Are the Women?’: Resisting Women’s Political Leadership in Debates over Contraceptive Coverage Rachel VanSickle-Ward and Kevin Wallsten, Pitzer College, [email protected]
‘Gender Ideology’ and Violence against Women in Politics: The Case of Gina Parody Elizabeth Corredor, Rutgers University, [email protected]
3.30-4.00: Coffee/Tea Break
4.00-5.30: Collecting Data on Violence against Women in Politics
Chair: Brigitte Filion, Gender Partnership Programme, Inter-Parliamentary Union, [email protected]
Challenges in Measuring Violence against Women in Politics Julie Ballington, UN Women, [email protected]
Violence against Women in Politics in Colombia: A Case Study Juliana Restrepo Sanín, Rutgers University, [email protected]
Geo-Political Analysis of Violence against Women in Nigerian Politics Damilola Taiye Agbalajobi, Obafemi Awolowo University (Nigeria), [email protected]
Mapping Gender-Based Political Harassment in the Americas Lisane Thirsk, ParlAmericas, [email protected]
The #NotTheCost Incident Report and Votes Without Violence Toolkit Kirsten Zeiter, National Democratic Institute, [email protected]
6.00: Conference Dinner
Eagleton Institute
FRIDAY, MAY 26, 2017
8.30-9.00: Breakfast
9.00-10.30: Tackling Resistance, Harassment, and Violence against Women in Politics
Chair: Homa Hoodfar, Concordia University (Canada), [email protected]
A Critical Analysis of the Notion of Violence against Women in Politics in the 243/2012 Bolivian Law against Political Abuse and Violence on Women Pablo Castaño Tierno, Goldsmiths, University of London (UK), [email protected]
Emerging Solutions to Violence against Women in Politics: Latin American Women Go to the Courts Juliana Restrepo Sanín, Rutgers University, [email protected]
Regional Initiatives to Combat Political Violence and Harassment against Women Marta Martínez, Inter-American Commission of Women, [email protected]
Media and Social Media Strategies to Combat Violence and Harassment of Women in Politics Soraya Chemaly, Women’s Media Center, [email protected]
10.30-11.00: Coffee/Tea Break
11.00-12.30: Building Partnerships for Women’s Political Empowerment
Chair: Terri Boyer, Center for Women and Work, Rutgers University, [email protected]
Kelly Dittmar, Rutgers University-Camden and Center for American Women and Politics, [email protected]
Krishanti Dharamaraj, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, [email protected]
Victoria Budson, Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School, [email protected]
Lucina Di Meco, Women in Public Service Project, [email protected]
Sandra Pepera, Gender, Women, and Democracy Program, National Democratic Institute, [email protected] [via Skype]
12.30-2.00: Lunch and Open Conversation
Chair: Mona Lena Krook, Rutgers University, [email protected]
2.00: Departure/Optional Excursion
Visit to Paulsdale, in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, the birthplace and family home of Alice Paul (1885- 1977). The excursion will include a guided visit with an expert from the Alice Paul Institute, followed by dinner in historic Moorestown, New Jersey.
Alice Paul played a central role in the final struggle for women’s suffrage in the United States. While pursuing Ph.D. studies in London, she joined the suffrage movement and first became involved by selling a suffragette magazine on street corners, a task which opened her eyes to the abuse that women in the movement faced. She was sent to English prisons three times, where she was force-fed after joining other suffragettes on a hunger strike. After returning to the U.S., Paul helped organize the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, DC, which upstaged the presidential inauguration of Woodrow Wilson in 1913 and famously ended in a riot where police refused to protect the marchers from the angry crowds. She later founded the National Woman’s Party, introducing some of the methods of the British suffrage movement and staging the first political protests in front of the White House. Eventually arrested on charges of ‘obstructing traffic,’ members of the NWP were imprisoned numerous times, culminating in a hunger strike that led them to be known as the ‘iron-jawed angels.’ Public outrage at their harsh treatment, combined with continued demonstrations, ultimately pressured the president to come out in favor of women’s suffrage in 1918. After the suffrage campaign achieved women’s right to vote in 1920, Paul turned her attention to other legal reforms, including authoring the Equal Rights Amendment in 1923 for which she campaigned until her death in 1977.
Paulsdale was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1991 and now houses the Alice Paul Institute, containing Paul’s archives and hosting girls’ leadership development programs.